On Architecture and the Greenfield - The Political Economy of Space Vol. 02

In the face of the ongoing climate emergency, can humanity keep chipping at its food sheds via urbanization? This is the paradoxical question raised by residential forms of urbanization: On the one hand, housing settlements across the world devour thousands of hectares of arable fields at the periphery of growing cities. On the other hand, housing is a human right. This publication investigates these complexities. After On Architecture and Greenwashing (2024), it is the second volume in the series The Political Economy of Space and presents a cross-section of positions on architecture and its political economies from different perspectives.

List of contents

CoverHalftitleTitlepageTable of ContentsThe Land Upon Which We Build - Charlotte Malterre-BarthesLand, Property, Colony - Andrew Herscher and Ana María LeónCapitalist Urbanization and Agrarian Questions: A Very Brief Primer - Swarnabh GhoshAgainst the Ruralization of the Amazon: The Forest as Architectural Heritage - Paulo TavaresEclipse: Beyond the City Design across Center-Periphery - Milica TopalovicContributorsAcknowledgmentsImage CreditsImpact EvaluationColophon

Summary

In the face of the ongoing climate emergency, can humanity keep chipping at its food sheds via urbanization? This is the paradoxical question raised by residential forms of urbanization: On the one hand, housing settlements across the world devour thousands of hectares of arable fields at the periphery of growing cities. On the other hand, housing is a human right. This publication investigates these complexities. After On Architecture and Greenwashing (2024), it is the second volume in the series The Political Economy of Space and presents a cross-section of positions on architecture and its political economies from different perspectives.

Product details

• Authors: Swarnabh Ghosh, Andrew et Herscher, Paulo Tavares
• Assisted by: Charlotte Malterre-Barthes (Editor)
• Publisher: Hatje Cantz Verlag
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 04.12.2024
• EAN: 9783775758208
• ISBN: 978-3-7757-5820-8
• No. of pages: 160
• Dimensions: 109 mm x 10 mm x 178 mm
• Weight: 133 g
• Illustrations: 24 SW-Fotos
• Series: The Political Economy of Space
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; Nachhaltigkeit, Architektur, Design, Architekturtheorie, Sustainability, Menschenrechte, Bürgerrechte, Architecture, Politik der National- Zentral- oder Bundesregierung, Wirtschaftspolitik, politische Ökonomie, ETH, Agriculture, auseinandersetzen, Architekturdiskurs, Housing, Architektur: Wohngebäude und Wohnungen, Städtebau, Raumplanung, Landschaftsgestaltung, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Urbanization, residential urbanization, growing cities, climate emergency, food sheds